Information Technology Consultant

The ideal candidate will possess the following skills and experience:

• Excellent written and verbal communication and strong leadership skills
• Strong influence, collaboration, and negotiation abilities
• Proven ability to collaborate across business and functional teams
• Excellent organizational, analytical, planning, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Ability to meet productivity standards, complete work in a timely manner, and continuously improve efficiency
• Experience defining, developing, and enforcing quality standards
• Experience conducting reviews according to defined schedules
• Ability to communicate and work effectively with customers and internal stakeholders
• Experience tracking action items, defect resolution, and identifying potential risk areas
• Ability to ensure defined processes and procedures are followed
• Proactive approach to problem resolution rather than reactive
• Experience mentoring and sharing knowledge with internal staff
• Strong experience developing and managing Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for large-scale IT system contracts
• Experience overseeing RFP processes from initiation through vendor selection
• Ability to gather and document requirements from multiple stakeholder groups

• Assist business and IT teams in drafting RFPs in accordance with government or enterprise procurement guidelines
• Provide feedback to project teams on process and procedural improvement opportunities
• Advise teams on requirements gathering and documentation best practices
• Provide technical leadership in identifying and documenting project needs, including system architecture and platform migration
• Advise on the impact of requirements related to post-award vendor management
• Contribute to establishing and achieving quality goals and objectives
• Support all aspects of quality assurance, including metrics definition, best practices, and process improvements
• Review project deliverables to ensure compliance with approved standards and procedures
• Perform detailed reviews of interim and final deliverables
• Advise on evaluation criteria and required contractual documents such as Service Level Agreements and Disaster/Data Recovery Plans
• Use technical expertise to identify opportunities for operational growth and effective resource management throughout the contract lifecycle

• Minimum 6 years of IT project consulting experience in public sector or enterprise-scale information systems

• 6 years of experience developing business requirements for IT systems
• 6 years of IT project leadership experience
• 6 years of vendor management experience

• Bachelor’s degree (4-year college degree) or equivalent technical experience